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[Album Charts] [New Albums Release Info]
[Last week’s chart]
For my last chart of 2000, I’ve posted my Top 50 singles of the year,starting with the Top 10. During 2001, I’ll be going through the list one byone starting with the Top 10 in alphabetical order.
This week: 10 new entries, 1 climbers, 1 non-movers & 28 downers.(* – my current favourites)
(!!! – Single Of The Week!!!)
(:O === the current all-time hate that makes even my smilie want to hurl!)
( (R) – Repeat., ie. a re-release)
A brief analysis on the current chart situation…
- 10 new entries:
- 35 David Gray – The Other Side
- 29 Declan – Tell Me Why (not Declan from the Claims Direct ad?)
- 21 Bon Jovi – Misunderstood
- 17 Russell Watson – Nothing Sacred
- 16 Holly Valance – Naughty Girl
- 15 Ja Rule & Bobby Brown – Thug Lovin
- 11 Pink – Family Portrait
- 6 S Club Juniors – Puppy Love/Sleigh Love
- 5 Gareth Gates – What My Heart Wants to Say
- 1 Blue & Elton John – Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
- 40 Kylie Minogue – Come Into My World
- 39 Bruce Springsteen – Lonesome Day
- 38 Coldplay – The Scientist
- 37 Alicia Keys – Girlfriend
- 36 Ashanti – Happy
- 35 Lasgo – Pray
- 34 Matt Darey – U Shine On
- 32 Sum 41 – Still Waiting
- 31 Rikki & Glen Campbell – Rhinestone Cowboy
- 30 TLC – Girl Talk
- 8 (9) Las Ketchup
- 2 Cheeky Girls
- 14 (5) Liberty X
- 23 (15) Rainbow
- 33 (19) Ms Dynamite
- 51 Bakshelf Dog – No Limits
- 53 Dillinja – Live or Die
- 60 Lisa Pin-Up – Blow Your Mind
- 65 Tony de Vit – I Don’t Care
- 73 Raveonettes – Attack of the Ghostriders
so the following dropped out :
1 climbers :
1 non-movers :
and 28 going down. Big fallers include :
New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :
No amount of apologies will forgive this travesty.
This is the 29th single in a row to go straight into the Top 40 at No.1 :
- 1. Aaliyah – More Than a Woman
- 2. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (R)
- 3. Enrique Iglesias – Hero
- 4. Westlife – World of Our Own
- 5. Will Young – Anything is Possible/Evergreen
- 6. Gareth Gates – Unchained Melody
- 7. Oasis – The Hindu Times
- 8. Sugababes – Freak Like Me
- 9. Holly Valance – Kiss Kiss
- 10. Ronan Keating – If Tomorrow Never Comes
- 11. Liberty X – Just a Little
- 12. Eminem – Without Me
- 13. Will Young – Light My Fire
- 14. Elvis – A Little Less Conversation (remix)
- 15. Gareth Gates – Anyone of Us
- 16. Darius – Colourblind
- 17. Sugababes – Round Round
- 18. Blazin Squad – Crossroads
- 19. Atomic Kitten – The Tide is High
- 20. Pink – Just Like a Pill
- 21. Will & Gareth – The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds
- 22. Las Ketchup – The Ketchup Song
- 23. Nelly – Dilemma
- 24. DJ Sammy – Heaven
- 25. Westlife – Unbreakable
- 26. Christina Aguilera – Dirrty
- 27. Daniel Bedingfield – If You’re Not the One
- 28. Eminem – Lose Yourself
- 29. Blue & Elton John – Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
December 9th:
- Blue featuring Elton John – Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Bon Jovi – Misunderstood
Caesars – Fun & Games
Draw – She Wants Me
Bryan Ferry – A Fool For Love/One Way Love
Declan Galbraith – Tell Me Why
Gareth Gates – What My Heart Wants To Say
Ginja & Lee-O – Del Boy’s Tune
Glassjaw – Cosmopolitan Bloodloss
David Gray – The Other Side
Ja Rule featuring Bobby Brown – Thug Lovin’
Joy Zipper – Gun Control EP
Las Ketchup – The Ketchup Song (Christmas Mix)
Mew – She Came Home For Christmas
Paws & Churchill The Dog – No Limits
Pink – Family Portrait
The Raveonettes – Attack Of The Ghost Riders
S Club Juniors – Puppy Love/Sleigh Ride
Holly Valance – Naughty Girl
Russell Watson – Nothing Sacred
December 16th:
- Solomon Burke – None Of Us Are Free
The Cheeky Girls – The Cheeky Song (Christmas Mix)
Chicane featuring Maire Brennan – Saltwater 2002
Death In Vegas featuring Liam Gallagher – Scorpio Rising
Future Breeze – Ocean Of Eternity
Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground
Brian Harvey – Stay Another Day
Hermes House Band & DJ Otzi – Live Is Life
The International Noise Conspiracy – Capitalism Stole My Virginity
Avril Lavigne – Sk8er Boi
Love Inc – You’re A Superstar
One True Voice – Sacred Trust/After You’re Gone (I’ll Still Be Loving You)
Pascal featuring Karen Parry – I Think We’re Alone Now
P-Control – The Clown Song
Joey Ramone – Christmas Spirit… In My House
The Rolling Stones – Don’t Stop
The Sax Brothers – Careless Whisper/Last Christmas
December 30th:
- Richard Ashcroft – Science Of Silence
CK & Supreme Dream Team – Dreamer
Cooper – I Believe In Love
Chris Difford – Cowboys Are My Weakness
Divine Inspiration – The Way (Put Your Hand In My Hand)
Peter Gabriel – More Than This
Milk Inc – Land Of The Living
Oxygen featuring Andrea Britton – Am I On Your Mind?
Erick Sermon – React
Spunge – Oliver’s Army
January 6th:…:
- Audio Bullys – We Don’t Care
Badly Drawn Boy – Born Again
Busted – Year 3000
Lucy Carr – Missing You
Default – Wasting My Time
Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage
Erasure – Solsbury Hill
Feeder – Just The Way I’m Feeling
Flip & Fill – I Wanna Dance With Somebody
InMe – Crushed Like Fruit
Jaheim – Fabulous
The Libertines – Time For Heroes
Masai – Do That Thang
Riva – Time Is A Healer
Bob Sinclar – The Beat Goes On
Who Da Funk – Sting Me Red
Wilt – Understand
January 13th:…:
- Audioslave – Cochise
Zoe Birkett – Treat Me Like A Lady
Brooklyn Bounce – Loud & Proud
The Calling – Could It Be Any Harder
Dario G – Heaven Is Closer
Foo Fighters – Times Like These
Jaimeson featuring Angel Blu – True
Knoc’turnal – Muzik
Layo & Bushwacka – Love Story (Finally)
Mario – Just A Friend
More Fire Crew – Back Then
Nas – Made You Look
Oakenfold – The Harder They Come
Panjabi MC – Mudian To Bach Ke (Beware Of The Boys)
Sean Paul – Gimme The Light
Reef – Give Me Your Love
Rosie Ribbons – Little Bit
January 20th:…:
- Coolio – Ghetto Square Dance
Craig David – Hidden Agenda
Driftwood – Freeloader
Eve – Satisfaction
Hell Is For Heroes – You Drove Me To It
Jay-Z featuring Beyonce – Bonnie & Clyde
JJ72 – Always & Forever
Kira – I’ll Be Your Angel
Lifehouse – Spin
Alanis Morrisette – Surrending
No Doubt – Running
Kelly Osbourne – Shut Up
Rui Da Silva – Feel The Love
Smoke 2 Seven – Envy
Third Edge – You Know Ya Wanna
Jurgen Vries & Charlotte Church – The Opera Song (Brave New World)
January 27th:…:
- Beenie Man – Street Life
Big Brovaz – OK
Blackstreet – Wizzy-Wow
Blazin’ Squad – Where The Story Ends/In The Beginning
Cam’Ron – Hey Ma
Chicane – Love On The Run
Dee Dee – The One
Darren Hayes – Crush (1980 Me)
Mint Royale – Blue Song
O-Town – These Are The Days
Busta Rhymes featuring Spliff Star – Make It Clap
Kelly Rowland – Stole
t.A.T.u – All The Things She Said
February 3rd:…:
- Clipse – When The Last Time/Grindin’
Counting Crows – Big Yellow Taxi
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Can’t Stop
Sash! – Ganbareh
Justin Timberlake – Cry Me A River
February 10th:…:
- Appleton – Don’t Worry
Aquagen – Hard To Say I’m Sorry
Matchbox 20 – Disease
Moony – Acrobats (Looking For Balance)
Mya – People Change
Rhianna – I Love Every Little Thing About You
Jan Wayne – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Sarah Whatmore – Automatic
February 17th:…:
- The Ones – Superstar
February 24th:…:
- Toni Braxton – Hit The Freeway
Melanie C – Here It Comes Again
Cradle Of Filth – Dark
Des’Ree – It’s OK
Junior Senior – Move Ya Feet
Linkin Park – TBA
Dannii Minogue – I Begin To Wonder
Nelly & Justin Timberlake – Work It/Air Force One
N-E-R-D – Lapdance/Provider
LeAnn Rimes – Suddenly
Sugababes – Shape
March 3rd:…:
- TBA
March 10th:…:
- Mis-Teeq – TBA
Holly Valance – Tuck Your Shirt In
Westlife – Tonight/Miss You Nights
- This week there are new entries for
- None
- 1 Robbie Williams – Escapology
- 2 Blue – One Love
- 3 Westlife – Unbreakable (best of)
- 4 Elton John: Greatest Hits 1970-2002
- 5 David Gray – A New Day at Midnight
The top 5 goes like this :
December 9th:
- Alanis Morrisette – Feast On Scraps
Original Soundtrack – The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Various Artists – Fame Academy
January 6th:
- Zoe Birkett – Treat Me Like A Lady
Busted – Year 3000
Clipse – Grindin’
InMe – Crushed Like Fruit
Avril Lavigne – Sk8er Boi
More Fire Crew – Back Then
O-Town – These Are The Days
Smoke 2 Seven – Envy
Spunge – Oliver’s Army
Who Da Funk – Sting Me Red
January 13th:
- Audioslave – Cochise
Foo Fighters – Times Like These
Mario – Just A Friend
Reef – Give Me Your Love
t.A.T.u – All The Things She Said
January 20th:
- ATC – My Heart Beats Like A Drum (Dam Dam Dam)
Hell Is For Heroes – You Drove Me To It
Alanis Morrisette – Surrending
Kelly Osbourne – Shut Up
Reef – Together
Sarah Whatmore – Automatic
January 27th:
- Erasure – Other People’s Songs
Rosie Ribbons – Misbehaving
February 3rd:
- Appleton – Don’t Worry
Sash! – Ganbareh
Sugababes featuring Sting – Shape
Dominator’s Top 50 of 2001The following is my complete Top 50 of 2001. Coming next week, the Top 50of 2002, if I can find that many!
Top 10 of 2001
- A Perfect Circle: 3 Libras
Dannii Minogue: Who Do You Love Now?
Divine Comedy: Love What You Do
Goldfrapp: Lovely Head/Pilots
Mudvayne: Dig
Muse: Newborn
Queens of the Stoneage: The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
REM: All the Way to Reno
Turin Brakes: Mind Over Money
Weezer: Hash Pipe
The next 40
- Alien Ant Farm: Smooth Criminal
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: Mistakes and Regrets
Ash: Burn Baby Burn
At the Drive-in: One-armed Scissor
Bee Gees: This Is Where I Came In
Blink 182: The Rock Show
Cake: Short Skirt Long Jacket
Creed: With Arms Wide Open
Dandy Warhols: Bohemian Like You
Deftones: Back to School
Disturbed: Voices
DJ Shadow: Midnight in a Perfect World
Depeche Mode: Dream On
Elbow: Red
Everlast: Black Jesus
Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice
Feeder: Buck Rogers
Grandaddy: The Crystal Lake
Ian Brown: F.E.A.R.
Incubus: Drive
Kings of Convenience: Failure
Limp Bizkit: Boiler
Linkin Park: In The End
Lowgold: Counterfeit
Manic Street Preachers: Ocean Spray
Marilyn Manson: The Nobodies
Neil Finn: Wherever You Are
Papa Roach: Between Angels and Insects
Pepe Deluxe: Before You Leave
Radiohead: Pyramid Song
Semisonic: Chemistry
Staind: Outside
Starsailor: Alcoholic
Straw: Sailing Off the Edge of the World
Sum 41: Fat Lip/Pain For Pleasure
Sunna: I’m Not Trading
Super Furry Animals: Juxtaposed With U
System of a Down: Chop Suey
Wheatus: Teenage Dirtbag
Zero 7: Destiny
And the rest
- Afroman: Because I Got High
Alisha’s Attic: Push It All Aside
American Hi-Fi: Another Perfect Day
American Hi-Fi: Flavour Of The Week
Andrew WK: Party Hard
Ash: Shining Light
Avalanches: Since I Left You
Beta Band: Broke
Bjork: Hidden Place
Bjork: Pagan Poetry
Blink 182: First Date
Crazy Town: Butterfly
D12 & Eminem: Purple Pills
Deftones: My Own Summer (Shove It)
Depeche Mode: I Feel Loved
Elliot Smith: Son of Sam
Feeder: Just A Day
Feeder: Seven Days In The Sun
Gorillaz – 19/2000
Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood
JJ72: Snow
Kings of Convenience: Toxic Girl
Less than Jake: All My Best Friends Are Metalheads
Limp Bizkit: My Way
Limp Bizkit: Rollin’
Linkin Park: Crawlin
Linkin Park: One Step Closer
Linkin Park: Paper Cut
Manic Street Preachers: Found That Soul
Manic Street Preachers: So Why So Sad
Mansun: Fool
Melanie B: Feels So Good
Morcheeba: World Looking In
Muse: Bliss
Muse: Feeling Good
Muse: Plug In Baby
My Vitriol: Always Your Way
New Order: 60 Miles An Hour
New Order: Crystal
Papa Roach: Last Resort
Pulp: The Trees
Radiohead: Knives Out
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Road Trippin’
REM: I’ll Take The Rain
REM: Imitation of Life
S Club 7: Don’t Stop Movin’
Shaggy: It Wasn’t Me
Slipknot: Left Behind
Sophie Ellis Bextor: Murder on the Dancefloor
Sophie Ellis Bextor: Take Me Home
Staind: It’s Been A While
Stephen Malkmus: Jo Jo’s Jacket
Stereophonics: Mr Writer
Strokes: Hard To Explain
Sum 41: In Too Deep
Texas: Inner Smile
Turin Brakes: The Door
Weezer: Island in the Sun
Zero 7: In the Waiting Line
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2002.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.